There are good shots and bad shots, as determined by effective field goal percentage (eFG%). Today, it is common knowledge around the NBA that the best two shot locations in the game are at the rim and in the corner behind the three-point arc.

The Clippers’ offense scored 105.2 points per 100 possessions last season and took 6.5 corner three-point attempts per game. This season, LAC is scoring 107 points per 100 and taking 7.3 corner three-point attempts per game. Coincidence? I think not. Corner three attempts — attempts, not even makes — have around a 72% correlationwith offensive efficiency. The effects of the corner three on the Clipper offense are obvious. For example:

Watch on this possession as Eric Bledsoe and Lamar Odom traverse the middle of the floor with free reign as Tony Allen and Quincy Pondexter are forced to stay attached to shooters in the corners instead of helping. This extra space can mean so much, especially to an offense whose two best secondary big men can hardly shoot outside the paint.

Last season in the playoffs, the Clippers’ corner threes attempted dipped to 4.85 per game against the Grizzlies, and an even lower 4.5 attempts per game against the Spurs. Looks from corner three have been kind to Los Angeles thus far in the regular season and its sustainability may very well be the key to postseason success.

Seriously, Frank is not looking like the 12th best coach in the league right now.

Wittman should be last. Doc and Scotty Brooks need to swap positions. D’Antoni needs to drop about 5-6 slots. McHale needs to rise about 3. Casey should be in the 20s and Jackson should be in the teens.

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Mark Jackson is where he’s at because of the limited sample size of his work. I think the last three spots are interchangeable because I agree that Wittman is one of the worst coaches if not the worst coach in the NBA. Looking at my rankings again, I would move Brooks up a few spots. Brooks probably should be somewhere between 11 and 15.

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Dunlamp and Vaughn get the bottom spots because of their limited sample size. Frank hasn’t had the players to work with and I looked at his overall body of work which includes his stints with the Nets.

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I only posted to put up a discussion. It was hard coming up with the middle third of the coaches. Spots 12 to 23 were really hard to figure out.

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The corner threes are also really important because the Clippers rely so much on Pick and Rolls at the top of the key and post play from Blake Griffin (which he kicks out, the ball reverse to the weak side and the corner threes are open).

Like the article suggests, the attempts aren’t the problem – it’s the makes.